Linotype-machine.



WN. E. BBRTRAM.

LI-NOTYPE MACHINE. APPLIGATON FILED Nov.

Patented Aug. 25, 1914-.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ortica. l

WILLIAM E. BERTRAM, or BnooKLYN, Naw YORK, Assistme To rnTnaNATioNA-c" TYPESETTING MACHINE COMPANY, OF NEIV YORK, N, Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW vom.. l

Specicationof Letters atent.

LINOTYE'E-IMACHINE.

Patented Aug', 25:,

. Application area november e, 1912. serie-i No. 73e est'. v

To all whom, it may concern Be it lmownthat I, WILLIAM E. BERTRAiI, a citizen-,of'the'.United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the' `county of K ings and State of New4 York,'have'invented new and useful Improvements` in Linotype Machines, of which the' following is a speciica/tion.

My present invention relates to'v improvements in line vcasting machines, more espe.- cially to those adapted to assemble andcast from matrices bearing a lur'al number of characters arranged at di erent levels.

In, the operation of such machines, matrices bearing a plurality of characters are assembled and temporarily supported at different levels lduring assemblage, and; in front of the mold during process of casting, by means embodying a rail Which' supports the matrices at the dierent levels, succeed ing which the rail isthen retractedto permit all of the matrices to come to a common level preparatory to. the distribution thereof. Heretofore, such rail has been shiftedy to and from operative position either by power mechanism operating at intervals, or the rail has been withdrawn bycontact and springs have been depended on to reset it.

, The 'primary object of the present inven-4 tion is to provide a rail or support having simpleand improved means for operating it with. certainty,vinsuring the correct positioning thereof at all times, `and obviating the complication of power mechanism or the uncertainty oisprings.

To these and other'ends, the invention consists in` certain improvements, and combina'- tio'ns and arrangements of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the

lnovel features being pointed out particularly in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the accompanying drawing -Figure l isa front elevation of the upper portion ot the first elevator of a linotylpe machine con structed inaccordance wit the present invention, the elevator being shown in, its uppermost or matrix-transferring' position; Fig. 2 is a perspective view 'of one ofthe elevator `jaws showingthe matrix-support ing rail in position thereon; Fig. 3 represents a transverse section through the upper portion of the first elevator, the mold Wheel, and the spout of the metal ot, andjshowin' a line of matrices in casting position be ore the mold; Fig. 4 represents' a horizontal section through one jaw of the first elevator iu -a plane immediately above the shiftafble matrixfsi'ipportingraih 1 l'Similar parts are designated by the Same reierence characters in the several views..

The present invention is applicable generally to line casting vmachines, of dii'ercnt types, although ity is especially adapted to lmotype machines of the type usi-ng matrices each .bearing two .or more characters at. different levelsy thereon andintended` to be assembled at diierent levelsso as-topresent the selectedcharacters to the mold. In the present instance,- the invention is shown in connection with the first elevator as commonly used on-the Well known linotypenir/i-v chine, this elevator serving to receive a line of matricesfrom the assembling point and to support; the line before the mold and to afterwardl convey theline of matrices to the mechanism which serves to transfer thereto the distributing mechanism. rllhisv elevator designated'l may be of the usual construction, that shown embodying ceperativeH jaws 2 and 3y between which the line of matrices is supported, ,the mold et which-is carried by the mold wheel 5 being'used to cast the linotype or slu l of metal injected. into tg spout 6 ofthe metal pot.` The matrix eeper 7 is provided with' ledges to receive the lower lugs on the-matrices, the hedges employedbeing of a number corresponding to the dif-y ferent levels at which the matrices are tov be positioned. In the present instance, the con-- struction is adaptedy to handle matrices whichl are assembled and supported at two levels and hence two ledges 8 and 9 are provided."

w and y designate respectively the matrices positioned at the upper and lower'levels. In the presentl instance, a. har 10 attached to the elevator jaw 2 serves to support the rnatrices y at the lower level.

According to the present invention, a rail ll is provided to support the matrices which are arranged at the upper level, this rail being capable of an angular motion while moving toward and from the line of matrices and is provided with sim le and effective means for actuating it. Tis rail inthe presentvinstance is litted to operate horizontally in a recess 12 which is formed in the lower portion ofthe elevator jaw 2; it

having a suitable number of lugs 13 which operate in notches 14- in the jaw. In the present construction, two of these lugs 13 are from the matrices, Y e mold throu h the ed toreceive matrices assembled in a line at erent levels, a shiftable rail adapted to support matrlces atan upper level, means for retracting and a track op tively restore 1t to operative said rail preparatory to the moval of the matrices from the elevator,

erative on said rail to posiposition during overnent of the elevator.

8. The combination of. a member having means for introducing a lineof matrices m fe Q- Copies of this patent may be obtained fo'r nve cents each, by addressing the Sommissioner of ratents,

longitudinally from one end thereof, and

eans for supporting such matrices at difrent levels embodying a rail guided to move obliquely toward the direction of motion of the incoming matrices to support the same and movable obliquely and in a direction opposite to the motion of the incoming matrices to release the same.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM E. BERTRAM.

Witnesses:

W. S. SCUDDER, C. HANSEN.

Washington, D. C. e 

